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Prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and its association with stress, has not been studied among university students in Pakistan. We investigated the prevalence and the pattern of anxiety related IBS symptoms among medical students of Karachi. FINDINGS: An observational case–control study was...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22624886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-255 |
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author | Naeem, Syed Saad Siddiqui, Efaza Umar Kazi, Abdul Nafey Memon, Akhtar Amin Khan, Sumaiya Tauseeq Ahmed, Bilal |
author_facet | Naeem, Syed Saad Siddiqui, Efaza Umar Kazi, Abdul Nafey Memon, Akhtar Amin Khan, Sumaiya Tauseeq Ahmed, Bilal |
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description | BACKGROUND: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and its association with stress, has not been studied among university students in Pakistan. We investigated the prevalence and the pattern of anxiety related IBS symptoms among medical students of Karachi. FINDINGS: An observational case–control study was carried out at three medical colleges of Karachi, Pakistan. Random sampling was done on 360 medical students. Data was collected using validated tools “Rome III Criteria” and “Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire”. Participants with IBS were diagnosed on the criteria having experienced abdominal discomfort at least 2–3 days/month associated with high level of anxiety. The apparent prevalence of IBS was found to be 28.3%, with a predominance of 87 (85.29%) females (85.29%) over males (14.71%). The psychological symptoms of anxiety were encountered in 57 (55.8%) participants with IBS, among which males were 15.7% and females 84.2% respectively. CONCLUSION: Students who more frequently suffer with mental stress and anxiety are more associated with IBS. |
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spelling | pubmed-34341212012-09-06 Prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study Naeem, Syed Saad Siddiqui, Efaza Umar Kazi, Abdul Nafey Memon, Akhtar Amin Khan, Sumaiya Tauseeq Ahmed, Bilal BMC Res Notes Short Report BACKGROUND: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and its association with stress, has not been studied among university students in Pakistan. We investigated the prevalence and the pattern of anxiety related IBS symptoms among medical students of Karachi. FINDINGS: An observational case–control study was carried out at three medical colleges of Karachi, Pakistan. Random sampling was done on 360 medical students. Data was collected using validated tools “Rome III Criteria” and “Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire”. Participants with IBS were diagnosed on the criteria having experienced abdominal discomfort at least 2–3 days/month associated with high level of anxiety. The apparent prevalence of IBS was found to be 28.3%, with a predominance of 87 (85.29%) females (85.29%) over males (14.71%). The psychological symptoms of anxiety were encountered in 57 (55.8%) participants with IBS, among which males were 15.7% and females 84.2% respectively. CONCLUSION: Students who more frequently suffer with mental stress and anxiety are more associated with IBS. BioMed Central 2012-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3434121/ /pubmed/22624886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-255 Text en Copyright ©2012 Naeem et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Report Naeem, Syed Saad Siddiqui, Efaza Umar Kazi, Abdul Nafey Memon, Akhtar Amin Khan, Sumaiya Tauseeq Ahmed, Bilal Prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study |
title | Prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study |
title_full | Prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study |
title_short | Prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | prevalence and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of karachi, pakistan: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Short Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22624886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-255 |
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